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is it going after al-qaeda? so, all those factors are complicated but they have to be carefully thought through and i'm not sure we've done that very well in the last ten years, but i do think we will do it smarter. we always learn. they're tough lessons to learn. vietnam was a tough lesson for us to learn. (instrumental music) >> but even as the war on terrorism winds down, the nuclear threat is surfacing once again. >> iran is working on a longer-range missile capability, an intermediate range missile, that could reach europe. and these guys are good. eventually they will develop an icbm that could reach the united states. >> the iranians are being continuing to amass technologies, learning how to enrich uranium, stockpiling low enriched uranium and it's getting to a level in which particularly one of iran's major rivals in the region, israel, is sounding the alarm bells and saying that the iranians are getting too close. >> graeme lawson, a great historian of the cuban missile crisis said that the iran nuclea
is it going after al-qaeda? so, all those factors are complicated but they have to be carefully thought through and i'm not sure we've done that very well in the last ten years, but i do think we will do it smarter. we always learn. they're tough lessons to learn. vietnam was a tough lesson for us to learn. (instrumental music) >> but even as the war on terrorism winds down, the nuclear threat is surfacing once again. >> iran is working on a longer-range missile capability, an...
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al qaeda in iraq is now heavily involved in the syrian conflict. one reason is able to do that is we took all our forces out of iraq in 2011. if we had to several thousand forces working with iraqi special operation forces, i believe we could have attenuated the growth of applied it -- of al qaeda in syria. this is a result of the removal of all forces in 2011. host: your book a insight into the serial connection. -- your book gave insight into the syria connection. guest: in the book, iss general petraeus -- iss -- i assessed general petraeus and general casey and others. i came to the conclusion general petraeus did a good job in iraq. the surge he oversaw worked militarily. it did not work politically for a variety of reasons. one thing he understood was that volunteers were coming to join al qaeda in iraq. they were crossing the border going into iraq. syrian intelligence knew this. they pretended they did not, but they did. he would fly to damascus and confront assad with this and say we know this is going on. this will come back to haunt you
al qaeda in iraq is now heavily involved in the syrian conflict. one reason is able to do that is we took all our forces out of iraq in 2011. if we had to several thousand forces working with iraqi special operation forces, i believe we could have attenuated the growth of applied it -- of al qaeda in syria. this is a result of the removal of all forces in 2011. host: your book a insight into the serial connection. -- your book gave insight into the syria connection. guest: in the book, iss...
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qaeda operatives as it was at that time. it is pretty hard to be against that. getting out has taken longer than any other war in history, to extricate ourselves in an appropriate fashion. we were told there were weapons of mass defection. i think people have legitimate questions to ask about iraq. >> what about your own views? >> my reflection is, what i have voted just to take out suddam hussein? no. would i vote to take out saddam hussein because he has weapons of mass destruction that he could use against us or others, israel, or other locations? that is a different question. >> we have a few minutes left. sometimes i see the description of you as a penny pincher. with that perspective, how did the country get into the situation we are in right now, with the huge debate over the size of the deficit and the debt? >> go back to 2001 and thereafter. the cost of the wars was not included in the budget. they were always supplemental. they did not show as a deficit. while the budgets looked reasonable during that time, the act
qaeda operatives as it was at that time. it is pretty hard to be against that. getting out has taken longer than any other war in history, to extricate ourselves in an appropriate fashion. we were told there were weapons of mass defection. i think people have legitimate questions to ask about iraq. >> what about your own views? >> my reflection is, what i have voted just to take out suddam hussein? no. would i vote to take out saddam hussein because he has weapons of mass...
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that al qaeda has been defeated. that the arab spring has brought democracy to libya and the middle east. all that was disproven by the tragedy in benghazi on september the 11th and i think these are all questions senators want to hear answers to. gregg: do you think she and president obama both were convinced that the war on terror was over an al qaeda was defeated? >> yeah. i think their world view is badly misguided and i think it was ideology more than anything else that convinced them that certainly this could not have been a terrorist attack. it must have been a response by some demonstration, protesting the mohammed video, getting out of control. a lot of people in congress have said the mohammed video story was a cover-up. i actually hope for the good of the country that is true because at least it would demonstrate that the president understood reality. he was trying to sweep it aside. i'm worried that the ideology that controls the white house and presumably the state department which we're going to see fou
that al qaeda has been defeated. that the arab spring has brought democracy to libya and the middle east. all that was disproven by the tragedy in benghazi on september the 11th and i think these are all questions senators want to hear answers to. gregg: do you think she and president obama both were convinced that the war on terror was over an al qaeda was defeated? >> yeah. i think their world view is badly misguided and i think it was ideology more than anything else that convinced...
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it was al qaeda. al qaeda operating after -- out of afghanistan. and saddam hussein, as evil as he was, -- and not so don hossein -- saddam hussein, as evil as he was, operating out of iraq. >> i want to switch topics. you have also been a big to champion of energy and energy policy in the past decade. the discovery of natural gas has changed the economy. your concern has been america's energy independence. where do you think this new discovery of this resource will lead us in the next decade? >> eid is incredibly positive for the u.s. already we have gone from 60% energy dependent down to 40% and there is news that we could be even more independent in the next decades. instead of buying scarce energy supplies from people who do not particularly like us, we could be spending that money here at home. think of the difference it could make to the economic strength of the u.s. think what it will mean for job opportunities and the economic strength of america. and natural gas is a cleaner resource. and our progress has not just been on oil and gas. it h
it was al qaeda. al qaeda operating after -- out of afghanistan. and saddam hussein, as evil as he was, -- and not so don hossein -- saddam hussein, as evil as he was, operating out of iraq. >> i want to switch topics. you have also been a big to champion of energy and energy policy in the past decade. the discovery of natural gas has changed the economy. your concern has been america's energy independence. where do you think this new discovery of this resource will lead us in the next...
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was it because they wanted to get president obama about off the hook for his statements about al-qaeda in who knows. susan rice isn't the story. hillary's head injury isn't a story although it's a strange part of the story. the real scandal is who pushed the video and why the media? the media became the three monkeys combined. they saw no evil, they heard no evil and they spoke no evil. they took themselves out of the story and nothing is a big deal to them when it happens to obama. >>> and two more, general petreas resigning after the scandal. >> the lesson is don't have a hot biographer. again, the petreas element to this is a sideshow but it wasn't a sideshow to the media because the media felt it was at this t. >> and why is anyone paying attention to this creep? it's a scandal he's considered talented. i would not share a hot tub with him, as kimberly said to me before this segment started. >> you know i love the hot tub. >> the problem is he has cache because he rapid anti-american lyrics. once you start talking about america in a negative way, that you gain leverage and respect
was it because they wanted to get president obama about off the hook for his statements about al-qaeda in who knows. susan rice isn't the story. hillary's head injury isn't a story although it's a strange part of the story. the real scandal is who pushed the video and why the media? the media became the three monkeys combined. they saw no evil, they heard no evil and they spoke no evil. they took themselves out of the story and nothing is a big deal to them when it happens to obama....
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qaeda of representatives, al-shabab, there. -- eliminate al qaeda representatives al-shabab there. >> what would be an mou for the second italian debt would not -- that would be different from what was there for the first battalion? are things missing? have other things been developed? what were those things? >> what we said to the drc government is that we want you to sign an mou with the united nations to prevent the recruitment and retention of child soldiers in your entire military, not just in the italians, but the entire military. -- in the battalions, but in the entire military. they have now done that. we also set as a part of this mou that there must be a complete leahy vetting of all lovey -- all of the participants. >> and that would be with a focus on human rights? gregg's exactly. -- >> exactly. and we also said you must keep them as a composite unit. you must equip them and keep them and paid -- you must pay them regularly. those are the things that we demanded the first time round and are insisting on them this time. we have expanded out because we are insisting that t
qaeda of representatives, al-shabab, there. -- eliminate al qaeda representatives al-shabab there. >> what would be an mou for the second italian debt would not -- that would be different from what was there for the first battalion? are things missing? have other things been developed? what were those things? >> what we said to the drc government is that we want you to sign an mou with the united nations to prevent the recruitment and retention of child soldiers in your entire...
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and second, who specifically changed susan rice talking points by eliminating the references to al qaeda and why if there was a national security concern what was it, when did the inaccurate spontaneous protest narrative originate, where did it originate, and why was that story deemed for publication in the accurate terrorism evidence, and if the ambassador had little direct knowledge of the fact on the ground in benghazi, why does she collected by the administration to be the spokesperson, ambassador burns. >> welcome madam share, on the second question and i will turn to tom on the first with regards to the budget, what happened in benghazi on september 11th was clearly a terrorist attack. 63 clinton has addressed directly the following morning in her first public statement when she talked about an assault buy heavily armed militants on our compound. but the same day president obama talked to an act of terror and what wasn't clear that day was who exactly was involved, which terrorists were responsible and what their motives were, how exactly this terrorist attack came about, whether i
and second, who specifically changed susan rice talking points by eliminating the references to al qaeda and why if there was a national security concern what was it, when did the inaccurate spontaneous protest narrative originate, where did it originate, and why was that story deemed for publication in the accurate terrorism evidence, and if the ambassador had little direct knowledge of the fact on the ground in benghazi, why does she collected by the administration to be the spokesperson,...
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contractors who will then be charged with fighting the taliban and also fighting al-qaeda inside offing -- of afghanistan. there's a lot of people, heather, who are very concerned about the ability of the afghanistan military and their security services to be able to keep that country under control, to keep out the taliban and keep out al-qaeda considering how many sympathize sympathizers to those groups are currently inside the afghan security services and, clearly, already attacking members of the united states' military. heather? heather: it is a concern. leland vittert reporting live for us from jerusalem. thank you. gregg: youing concerns that our -- growing concerns that our struggling u.s. economy could get another delaware stating blow sometime -- devastating blow sometime soon not from the fiscal cliff, but from a union strike that could shut down major ports from coast to coast. should the white house step in? we're going to be talking smoot holly in a second. heather: former president george h.w. bush has been hospitalized for more than a month. what doctors are now saying ab
contractors who will then be charged with fighting the taliban and also fighting al-qaeda inside offing -- of afghanistan. there's a lot of people, heather, who are very concerned about the ability of the afghanistan military and their security services to be able to keep that country under control, to keep out the taliban and keep out al-qaeda considering how many sympathize sympathizers to those groups are currently inside the afghan security services and, clearly, already attacking members...
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unfortunately, some of the rebels have been infiltrated by al qaeda. i think assad should leave. his days are numbered. he either signs an agreement and leaves, or he will be forced to leave and maybe will never leave because the same thing that happened to some of the other dictators may happen to him. iran, hezbollah has been there fighting on his side, supplying him with all kinds of things. russia has been a bad player here. we think maybe we can pull things away a little bit. it is a big plus that we have finally recognized code along with other countries the opposition. >> i want to pursue a little bit on what you said about helping to arm rebels in syria. what do you know -- >> their arms that are going to the rebels. we know that is happening. >> is the american government helping to facilitate that? >> i think we know what is going on. i am not saying we're facilitating it, but we know that the rebels are getting the arms as they need. >> previously the obama administration said there red line was to see chemical weapons moved and prepared for use. now it seems that ther
unfortunately, some of the rebels have been infiltrated by al qaeda. i think assad should leave. his days are numbered. he either signs an agreement and leaves, or he will be forced to leave and maybe will never leave because the same thing that happened to some of the other dictators may happen to him. iran, hezbollah has been there fighting on his side, supplying him with all kinds of things. russia has been a bad player here. we think maybe we can pull things away a little bit. it is a big...
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he took out references to al qaeda? al qaeda references are all over the rim original report and all over the cables coming out of libya and tripoli. when she said security at the consulate was substantial, and strong, that was the furthest thing from the truth and the report verifies that. the president said she did not know anything about it. she said take it up with him. i thought that was an odd response. if you look at any of the intelligence, she would have seen a deteriorating environment. if you paid any attention you would have understood what the conclusions were reached in this report, that the environment was deteriorating months before, and on september 11, the last cable talks about how the militias warned the american government, "why does the american government continue to support jabril? we will not be able to provide you with viable security." that was a well-known fact in the last cable of september 11, the morning before the attack. as to secretary clinton, to those who suggest she is dodging her re
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and possibly this was al-qaeda. the i've made different studies of coverups, pentagon, watergate, iran-contra. >> clayton: i've had the pleasure of meeting him over the years and usually a fair-minded person so for him to come out and say this in person, he may have some evidence to show it's credible and may keep pushing forward. a lot of people are not happy the way that benghazi unto folded, that we were caught flat-footed and even though there were military members. >> and specifically what he's referring to, having read the transcript, on thursday there was a senate foreign relations committee asking exactly the same questions they asked on the first day of the benghazi tragedy and that is the cia memo left the cia with the specific references to al-qaeda in it. by the time the memo was presented to susan rice and came out of her mouth on the sunday morning talk shows, those records as to al-qaeda had been spiked, who did that? even after the report, they don't know who sponged those references. once again on t
and possibly this was al-qaeda. the i've made different studies of coverups, pentagon, watergate, iran-contra. >> clayton: i've had the pleasure of meeting him over the years and usually a fair-minded person so for him to come out and say this in person, he may have some evidence to show it's credible and may keep pushing forward. a lot of people are not happy the way that benghazi unto folded, that we were caught flat-footed and even though there were military members. >> and...
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i am worried about the spread of al-qaeda in that part of the world, libya and somalia, there is a lot of questions. >> gregg: this is an attack that went on for seven hours. sources tell fox news that those who were under attack pleaded three times with the c.i.a. for help for a rescue, for assistance. they painted a laser target on the attackers and no help came. three times it was refused. we still need to get to the bottom of that, don't we? >> absolutely, like i said we heard a state department about security. we need to know the intelligence committee side and the armed services committee. there is so many questions, it's not just about going after people that may have made mistakes but the point is not letting this happen again. >> gregg: the base at italy f-18 is half an hour, not to mentioned the drones that were already overhead. american spectator wrote this, obama's fingerprints is all over this refusal. if no one in the c.i.a. chain of command refused the aid, the failure this is has to be failure is obama's, do you buy that? >> the congress has to find that out for us but
i am worried about the spread of al-qaeda in that part of the world, libya and somalia, there is a lot of questions. >> gregg: this is an attack that went on for seven hours. sources tell fox news that those who were under attack pleaded three times with the c.i.a. for help for a rescue, for assistance. they painted a laser target on the attackers and no help came. three times it was refused. we still need to get to the bottom of that, don't we? >> absolutely, like i said we heard a...
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the instability there is giving rise to many al qaeda inspired insurgencies and that instability threatens our securities. and one of the biggest purposes is to get a greater feel for what the department of defense can do in that roibling to help. the big -- region can do to help. the biggest problem is a lack of governance, lack of rule of law and just a rogue gallery of war lords, revolutionaries and violent groups of individuals that have taken advantage of that ungoverned space. and created no end of problems. so building towards greater stability and security in that region has to be our focus. i know the d.o.d. has done some work in that region. we're currently working with the ugenden army in dealing with the lord's resistance army one that has helped to destabilize the drc but we have also in the past tried to work with the drc's military training one battalion a few years back to very strong success. that battalion is considered to be able and capable but too small to make a big difference that needs to be made. so i believe there is a critical role that the d.o.d. can play in bui
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some of whom were osama bin laden's children and some were children of the two al qaeda couriers who were taking care of him in this house. the question is, we don't know is whether he brought back a blood sample from the daughter of osama bin laden, but the timing is very tantalizing because when that sample would have gotten back -- we know from the documents, reports and interviews that i conducted, we know by the time the results from a dna sample would have gotten back when he went there, that arrived -- on april 28 there is a meeting at the white house or president joe biden -- the review the evidence and joe biden said, there is not evidence there. obama himself with the chance of on the 28. the results of the samples would have arrived on the 29th. that is the morning the president obama made the order. >> and those samples were of who? >> he was doing a vaccination campaign for hepatitis for women between the age of 15 and 49. before you do that, you do a screen or use scratch and take a drop of blood to do a rapid test to see if they already have hepatitis. that was the tri
some of whom were osama bin laden's children and some were children of the two al qaeda couriers who were taking care of him in this house. the question is, we don't know is whether he brought back a blood sample from the daughter of osama bin laden, but the timing is very tantalizing because when that sample would have gotten back -- we know from the documents, reports and interviews that i conducted, we know by the time the results from a dna sample would have gotten back when he went there,...
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ended the war in iraq, put the al qaeda corp. on the road to defeat, and we are winding down in afghanistan. we strengthen our alliances in asia, forge new coalitions to meet global challenges, and stood up for human dignity. we still, of course, face great challenges, but today, i can say with pride that the united states is safer, stronger, and more respected in the world. in this work, i have been grateful for an extraordinary national security team. tom has been a part of that, and i am grateful to him. one of the most important people in this transformation has been our outstanding secretary of state, my friend, secretary hillary clinton. she wanted very much to be here today, but she continues to recuperate. i had a chance to talk to her earlier today, and she is in good spirits and could not be more excited about the announcement that i am making. over the last four years, she has been everywhere. both in terms of her travelers -- travels, and threw her tireless work to restore our global leadership. she is looking forward
ended the war in iraq, put the al qaeda corp. on the road to defeat, and we are winding down in afghanistan. we strengthen our alliances in asia, forge new coalitions to meet global challenges, and stood up for human dignity. we still, of course, face great challenges, but today, i can say with pride that the united states is safer, stronger, and more respected in the world. in this work, i have been grateful for an extraordinary national security team. tom has been a part of that, and i am...
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the instability there is given rise to many al qaeda-inspired insurgety and that threatens our security. one of the biggest purpose of the hearing is get a bigger feel what they can do in the region to help. the biggest problem, the eesh drc is a lack of governance, a lack of rule of law, and a rogue gallery of a war loads, revolutionary, and violent groups and individual have taken advantage of the ungoverned space and created sprobs. building toward greater stability in the region has to be focus. the dod has done work in the reaming, we are currently working with the u began d.a. army and working with the army. one of the revolutionary groups that helped to destablize the drc. we tried to work with the drc military training one buy talon a few years bag to a strong success. it's consideredble to and capable. it's too small to make the big difference that needs to be made in the region. i believe there's a critical role they can play in building the security capacity in the eastern drc and working with the surrounding nations like this that are critical to bring stability. we want to
the instability there is given rise to many al qaeda-inspired insurgety and that threatens our security. one of the biggest purpose of the hearing is get a bigger feel what they can do in the region to help. the biggest problem, the eesh drc is a lack of governance, a lack of rule of law, and a rogue gallery of a war loads, revolutionary, and violent groups and individual have taken advantage of the ungoverned space and created sprobs. building toward greater stability in the region has to be...
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qaeda on the run when we know al qaeda-connected terrorist groups were growing stronger and using libya as a training area. bill: senator. plenty of questions. appreciate your time. back to the hearing. john barrasso on the hill. >> thanks, bill. bill: more updates on that when we get them. martha. martha: we know president obama has rom missed he will do everything in his power to curb gun violence. but how, how? that is the big question coming up. bill: these guys are having a good time. after all it is the holidays. why this cop is showing off new fancy footwork. martha: very nice. bill: you can catch the show at the local dunkin' donuts. and more. use to do that a long time ago. ♪ . bill: a marine answering the call to protect and defend children after the connecticut school shooting, has taken upon himself to stand in front of a california elementary school, hoping it will help the students there feel a bit safer. >> i'm going to stand here and stand strong because this is what i believe in. nothing will stop me from protecting these kids. what if it was my son in that classroom?
qaeda on the run when we know al qaeda-connected terrorist groups were growing stronger and using libya as a training area. bill: senator. plenty of questions. appreciate your time. back to the hearing. john barrasso on the hill. >> thanks, bill. bill: more updates on that when we get them. martha. martha: we know president obama has rom missed he will do everything in his power to curb gun violence. but how, how? that is the big question coming up. bill: these guys are having a good...
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qaeda, when the fact is, the station chief reported back that this was al qaeda. and we knew within not very long period of time of all the security lapses which, obviously, as you say, had to have happened, otherwise, four people wouldn't have died. >> greta: is there anything new you learned? i am critical because the two who were in charge of it didn't go to benghazi, any time you have a fundament investigation, you go and you look to see what it is so you understand it. did you learn anything new from this report? >> greta: i did not. but i would like to emphasize, there are so many unanswered questions in this report. for example, why was the initial reporting correct and then somehow changed afterwards? for example, why were there not any american department of defense military assets anywhere nearby on september 11, even though there have been serious warnings? according to the information we have, there was no aircraft or any ability to intervene over a seven-hour period. by the way, two of those who were killed, murdered -- it was in the last hour -- what
qaeda, when the fact is, the station chief reported back that this was al qaeda. and we knew within not very long period of time of all the security lapses which, obviously, as you say, had to have happened, otherwise, four people wouldn't have died. >> greta: is there anything new you learned? i am critical because the two who were in charge of it didn't go to benghazi, any time you have a fundament investigation, you go and you look to see what it is so you understand it. did you learn...
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qaeda and pretending to the electorate with the election approaching that al qaeda was on its knees. >> sean: i think those are all great questions and observations. let me, if i can, add two more to them because i think it's really person. the report was also clear, there were no protests -- none that day -- as we had been told, not only by susan rice, but by the president himself at the u.n. two weeks later and it had nothing to do with this youtube video. that's disturbing, heading into a presidential election. it tells me we were consciously lied to. >> we certainly know we were misled. i remember the president in the second debate taking umbrage at the suggestion that anybody in his administration, including, he said, the u.n. ambassador who would have misled the nation on what happened -- now it's unequivocally metaphysically true that she misled the nation. the only question is was it a deliberate misleading, in which case it's lying and deception. or was it inadvertent? was she unaware, in which case it's supreme incompetence. i still think we don't know the answer to that be
qaeda and pretending to the electorate with the election approaching that al qaeda was on its knees. >> sean: i think those are all great questions and observations. let me, if i can, add two more to them because i think it's really person. the report was also clear, there were no protests -- none that day -- as we had been told, not only by susan rice, but by the president himself at the u.n. two weeks later and it had nothing to do with this youtube video. that's disturbing, heading...
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use is mother al qaeda. there remained the epicenter of the global g. hottest movement -- jihadist movement. its objective is the most dangerous in the world, which is prompt a war between two nuclear weapon states. and that the -- efforts to keep that from happening have to remain the gold standard of all counterterrorism efforts. president obama has every right and so this stc and secretary clinton, every right to be proud of the damage we have inflicted on al qaeda's core. not just the elimination of high-value targets but the successful prosecution of the drone war. the ambassador did not use the d word. i am in a position where i can use it. tghe drones have proven to be remarkably successful. of course they come with the perfect -- with a price. what is most striking about this is the prosecution of this conflict has come with as keeping the government of pakistan as much as possible in the dark and over the objections of the government of pakistan during president obama made an extraordinary decision
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relations with pakistan's status of al qaeda. from the brookings institution, and this is a little less than an hour and a half. >> good morning, everyone in thank you for your patience. my name is daniel byman cover research director here at hurricanes. i think the issue of terrorism has been on the agenda and the united states is silly since 9/11 and of course people like our speakers today. at the end of the first term of the obama administration, is a mistaken appropriate point to look at the track record so far and also to look ahead and the challenges remaining. i'm delighted with two speakers who can do that extremely well today. our first speaker today is the coordinator for counterterrorism at state department. he has held numerous government positions. also for several years as a senior fellow here at the booking institution. he is also the author of two noted books, the next attack. i would say to the last of the public he's leaving government service, but he is going to teach and how the research institute at dartmout
relations with pakistan's status of al qaeda. from the brookings institution, and this is a little less than an hour and a half. >> good morning, everyone in thank you for your patience. my name is daniel byman cover research director here at hurricanes. i think the issue of terrorism has been on the agenda and the united states is silly since 9/11 and of course people like our speakers today. at the end of the first term of the obama administration, is a mistaken appropriate point to...
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that was al qaeda itself. this attack underscored how danger use the situation had become in south asia four years ago. and i think dan is right an emphasizing it's where the administration can rightly claim to have made the greatest progress in dealing with the al qaeda core. the core is an american phrase we're talking about that the more proper term jihad idist use they see it as the mothership. the mothership and the associated allies impact a host of other groups remain the epicenter of the global jihadist movement. despite the blows we have inflighted on it remains in my mind the most serious and dangerous group. the objective, the core plan the most dangerous in the world to prompt a war between two nuclear weapons state pen and efforts to keep it from happening has to remain the goal. president obama has every right and so does sct and secretary hillary clinton and dan benjamin every right to be proud of the damage we have inflicted on the core of al qaeda. not just thely elimination of high corral tar
that was al qaeda itself. this attack underscored how danger use the situation had become in south asia four years ago. and i think dan is right an emphasizing it's where the administration can rightly claim to have made the greatest progress in dealing with the al qaeda core. the core is an american phrase we're talking about that the more proper term jihad idist use they see it as the mothership. the mothership and the associated allies impact a host of other groups remain the epicenter of...
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threatening as a return to 'em mity, as the growth of the islamic threat in the same way that we look at al-qaeda and fear that they are doomed in some way to endless warfare to protect themselves out into an unlimited future. and then there's, there are other groups that see opportunities in this awakening. but you can't move on engagement of the arabs at this crucial period in the way that israel needs to engage the arabs to be helpful, constructive and fruitful in its quest for kind of laying down the foundations for a new set of relationships in the region without getting back to softening the core issue of the palestinian problem. and that's got to come first in a way. i'm not sure benjamin netanyahu doesn't see it that way. a large part of the political majority in israel today doesn't see it that way, but just the emergence this week of tippy livni with her determination and spirit to take on netanyahu again with this as the centerpiece issue, the future of the palestinians, she's going to lose. she's going to lose badly. but it shows that the spirit is alive, and if a constellation comes
threatening as a return to 'em mity, as the growth of the islamic threat in the same way that we look at al-qaeda and fear that they are doomed in some way to endless warfare to protect themselves out into an unlimited future. and then there's, there are other groups that see opportunities in this awakening. but you can't move on engagement of the arabs at this crucial period in the way that israel needs to engage the arabs to be helpful, constructive and fruitful in its quest for kind of...
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overflow into places like mali where al qaeda is controlling territory. egypt, bahrain, yemen, syria. the place, the place is really a mess and i don't think the administration's policies have been very effective. they oversold what they thought would happen in this part of the world. we have real challenges to american interests right there right now. adam: i don't know if you can answer this question in 30 seconds if you were president obama with egypt and syria falling apart, what do you do? >> oh gosh in 30 seconds. i don't know how you talk about that but you've to be proactive as opposed to reactive. you can't allow these things to kind unfold without taking, taking measures, economic, diplomatic, potentially militariliry little to shape the future of american interests in that part of the world. i can't go through all that in 30 seconds. you can't be reactive but you need to be proactive not assuming things will go your way. adam: peter brookes. hopefully we have a discussion in the future and things don't actually deescalate and become more of a p
overflow into places like mali where al qaeda is controlling territory. egypt, bahrain, yemen, syria. the place, the place is really a mess and i don't think the administration's policies have been very effective. they oversold what they thought would happen in this part of the world. we have real challenges to american interests right there right now. adam: i don't know if you can answer this question in 30 seconds if you were president obama with egypt and syria falling apart, what do you do?...
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i indicated when asked if they could be al qaeda or allocated affiliates or libyan affiliates. and then they attacked and a violent fashion. host: on the front page this morning. let's get to your phone calls and your reaction and what this means for the president or secretary of state hillary clinton and her successor. on the republican line, good morning carlo. caller: thank you for taking my call. i think it is that what has happened to politics today. susan rice made comments. she was on five major networks taking a story supposedly given to her from intelligence that the video has caused the attacks. we know that is incorrect. the bottom line is, people were killed. they had seven hours to get the people out of libya and we did not send help. the president said that they should come after him if they did not like what was going on. we should. people were being killed. if she had nothing to do with libya, what was she doing on the five news stations? i think they covered it up, and they need hillary clinton and congress to tell what happened. i think the republicans, john m
i indicated when asked if they could be al qaeda or allocated affiliates or libyan affiliates. and then they attacked and a violent fashion. host: on the front page this morning. let's get to your phone calls and your reaction and what this means for the president or secretary of state hillary clinton and her successor. on the republican line, good morning carlo. caller: thank you for taking my call. i think it is that what has happened to politics today. susan rice made comments. she was on...
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they knew that al qaeda was involved. it was a terror attack. but let's just strip this down, richard, and talk about what it was really about. politics. >> yeah. >> they were upset. and you could -- you take it to the debate. and candy crowley getting it wrong on what the president said and what he said it. the white house was trying to say, in the middle of a campaign, we've got al qaeda on the run. this wasn't terrorism. and they were juggling and trying to have it both ways. hey, did the bush administration ever play politics with intel? >> in 2004? >> it's a rhetorical question. >> i'm sorry. >> calm down. can we get the oxygen out? because when richard wolffe is taking everything literally, we're in trouble. but i will say, what about colin powell? let's say it again. i've got deep, abiding respect for colin powell. >> absolutely. >> i do. he is my type of republican on foreign affairs. he's a realist. he urges restraint. he, more than anybody else, over the past quarter century, delivered a speech in the most critical of moments in americ
they knew that al qaeda was involved. it was a terror attack. but let's just strip this down, richard, and talk about what it was really about. politics. >> yeah. >> they were upset. and you could -- you take it to the debate. and candy crowley getting it wrong on what the president said and what he said it. the white house was trying to say, in the middle of a campaign, we've got al qaeda on the run. this wasn't terrorism. and they were juggling and trying to have it both ways....
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but some factions of the rebels are known to have ties to al qaeda. that is the lingering question, you knock out the leader, but what is left, building a new country sometimes is the more difficult part compared to getting rid of the dictator. look at egypt and the mess they're going through. >> but the state department is encouraging russia to withdraw their support and join with the u.s. in implementing a political transition. that has not happened yet. but this was very significant they came out and said this. >> we've seen how brutal assad has been. two years in the civil war. still a volatile situation. >>> look how they settle their differences in ukraine's capital. a full-blown brawl brokeute in parliament in kiev. grown men pushing, shoving and punching over the election over a new speaker. is that a mosh pit going on, too? the head of the opposition happens to be the world heavyweight boxing champ. fortunately, he decided to sit this one out. wow. they were rolling their sleeves up and going at it. ding, next round. >> looks like one of our
but some factions of the rebels are known to have ties to al qaeda. that is the lingering question, you knock out the leader, but what is left, building a new country sometimes is the more difficult part compared to getting rid of the dictator. look at egypt and the mess they're going through. >> but the state department is encouraging russia to withdraw their support and join with the u.s. in implementing a political transition. that has not happened yet. but this was very significant...
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she indicated that al qaeda was decimated, trying to continue the narrative that the president had been talking about since the death of bin laden, i cold her accountable and -- i hold her accountable and responsible for misleading the american people. i think she was chose tone tell -- for a reason. if he didn't know anything about benghazi, as the president indicated, why did they pick her? i thought she was the most politically compliant person they could find. and the story she told doesn't withstand scrutiny. >> greta: do you factor into the equation -- i confess that i do -- she went on five shows and it took 73 days before she said anything different and that was to u.s. senators behind closed doors, but it took 73 days forler to speak out, not even publicly, but behind closed doors. >> i i don't think she would have ever said she was wrong. this is not about susan rice. the president said, if you have a problem with benghazi -- i do -- it is not picking on the president. it is trying to expose a national security failure, a debacle. i hold the president accountable more than any
she indicated that al qaeda was decimated, trying to continue the narrative that the president had been talking about since the death of bin laden, i cold her accountable and -- i hold her accountable and responsible for misleading the american people. i think she was chose tone tell -- for a reason. if he didn't know anything about benghazi, as the president indicated, why did they pick her? i thought she was the most politically compliant person they could find. and the story she told doesn't...
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she blamed an angry mob, not a terrorist attack by al qaeda. rice has said that she was working off of information she had at the time, but republicans largely led by senator john mccain have accused her of misleading the american people and said because of that, they wouldn't support her nomination. it was that pushback that led her to give a letter to the president saying that she did not wish to be considered. she said she believed the confirmation process would be long, lengthy and disruptive and just not worth it to the country at this time. president obama did accept that decision, and then said that he regretted it but also said that it spoke to her character. she will likely continue to work close w closely with the president, either as his u.n. ambassador or as his security adviser. he will likely now nominate senator john kerry. larry? >> many thanks. on top of the susan rice story, we are also learning tonight that retired nebraska republican senator chuck hagel is reportedly on president obama's very short list for secretary of defe
she blamed an angry mob, not a terrorist attack by al qaeda. rice has said that she was working off of information she had at the time, but republicans largely led by senator john mccain have accused her of misleading the american people and said because of that, they wouldn't support her nomination. it was that pushback that led her to give a letter to the president saying that she did not wish to be considered. she said she believed the confirmation process would be long, lengthy and...
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historically, these have been carried out by a former al-qaeda in iraq syndicate group using fighters who were trained in iraq to then bring their expertise into syria and fight this battle. it shows really how the rebels are now able to project power whereas president assad's forces are forced into a defensive position, and that's maybe one of the reasons they're starting to use those missiles against a number of rebel positions. the street-to-street fighting is also getting worse in and around damascus, in and around a number of the larger cities, and we are seeing rebels which are better armed, better equipped, more command and control. we're also, of course, seeing the rise in the number of foreign fighters and muslim extremists who have a common enemy in president bashar assad but certainly want very different things from the democratic movement that started this revolution in the beginning. on the diplomatic front, the head of nato recently said today that he felt as though time was running out for president assad, it was only a matter of time before president assad fell. you ma
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qaeda-backed revolutionaries to take out gaddafi. gaddafi was not a good man. he had blood on his handles. but after 2003 the bush administration, as followed by the obama administration, was working with gaddafi and was completely transparent about all weapons he had. not so with what's going on in libya today. at some point, instead of the president of the united states trying to nullify the constitution and saying, you know what, i disagree with that marriage law that congress did, so we're going to ignore it and as i speak so it shall be the new law, that's what kings do, that's what pharaohs do. so it would seem a little bit hypocritical if you have someone from an administration who said, you know what, we don't like the immigration law and so as i speak it, so shall it be, i will make, i will pronounce new law because i don't like what was dual passed by republican -- duly passed by republicans and democrats in both the house and senate and signed by a prior president, so as i speak new law, so shall it be. and so it does seem
qaeda-backed revolutionaries to take out gaddafi. gaddafi was not a good man. he had blood on his handles. but after 2003 the bush administration, as followed by the obama administration, was working with gaddafi and was completely transparent about all weapons he had. not so with what's going on in libya today. at some point, instead of the president of the united states trying to nullify the constitution and saying, you know what, i disagree with that marriage law that congress did, so we're...
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target al qaeda everywhere. >> the mission of defeating and deterring al qaeda, i think, is well on the way towards, you know, achieving the mission with regards to afghanistan and the threat that we face here. we continue to face al qaeda, obviously, elsewhere not only in pakistan but in yemen and somalia and elsewhere. but, you know, we have had remarkable success going after special operations against al qaeda here, and we're continuing to do that. i think the main challenge here is obviously to make sure there's no safe haven for al qaeda in which to conduct aattaattac attacks but the key is afghanistan can govern itself. those two are enter locked in terms of the mission we have in afghanistan. >> hear more from secretary of defense on erin burnett "outfront" tonight at 7:00 eastern. >>> u.s. officials say just a few hours after leon panetta visited u.s. troops in kandahar, afghan insurgents set off a car bomb about 300 feet from the airfield panetta was visiting. one coalition member, two aafghan civilians were killed. u.s. officials say there's no indication panetta was in danger
target al qaeda everywhere. >> the mission of defeating and deterring al qaeda, i think, is well on the way towards, you know, achieving the mission with regards to afghanistan and the threat that we face here. we continue to face al qaeda, obviously, elsewhere not only in pakistan but in yemen and somalia and elsewhere. but, you know, we have had remarkable success going after special operations against al qaeda here, and we're continuing to do that. i think the main challenge here is...
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al qaeda is creeping up in this part of the world. let's not forget, all the critical countries that border syria. iraq where we've invested blood and treasure that could come at risk by having an overflow from syria. obviously the news a front is from is from kuwait. lebanon highly unstable country controlled in large part by hezbollah a iranian proxy. you could watch things spill over there. israelies are biting their nails. jenna: you say if it is too late what do we do? if that is the case what do we do now? >> i think we'll have to wait and see how the administration takes next steps here but i don't see anything that we can do right now to insure that the right people come to power. we're designating al qaeda types and other radicals and say we shouldn't be working with them but at this point i don't think we've got much skin in the game. this might have been a missed opportunity for the administration and that's a real shame. jenna: that very interesting you say we heard from the administration we're not working with that group
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>> there is a small element of those who oppose the assad regime that are, in fact, affiliated with al-qaeda and iraq, and we have designated them as a terrorist organization. >> joining me now to help us understand what this means in syria and the larger context of the middle east, from the hoover institution, one of the most astute observers of middle eastern politics. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much, governor. >> eliot: is this recognition by president obama too little too late or appropriately calibrated calibrated. >> you stole my line. it's too little, too late. it doesn't matter what the obama administration is doing. we waited 21 months. 40,000 syrians were killed. thousands of syrian versus fled to turkey, iraq and jordan. many are refugees. the city has been completely leveled to the ground, and now we come, we offer this recognition, it's very lame. >> eliot: will we be in position to affect the outcome. let me state this as a premise. i take it as a premise that assad will fall at some point. his civil society is fallen. do you accept that premise. >> it was a ye
>> there is a small element of those who oppose the assad regime that are, in fact, affiliated with al-qaeda and iraq, and we have designated them as a terrorist organization. >> joining me now to help us understand what this means in syria and the larger context of the middle east, from the hoover institution, one of the most astute observers of middle eastern politics. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much, governor. >> eliot: is this recognition by...
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says the group is a front for al-qaeda in iraq. chris? >> chris: thanks. >> you're welcome. >> chris: federal appeals court struck down the nation's last date wide been a on carrying concealed weapons. illinois now has 180 days to write a new law permitting people to carry guns for self-defense. unfortunately, no one armed or otherwise was able to stop a young man with an illegal gun from fatally shooting two people and himself at a suburban portland, oregon, shopping mall tuesday. correspondent dan springer says it could have been worse. >> cell phone video shows the kay yous in a mall in -- chaos in mall in portland. they ran for lives hand held high to show police they were not a threat. >> my friend was on the ground. crawling toward the door. i heard two more shots, jumping on the ground and crawling for door. i heard someone yell get on the ground. >> they say 22-year-old roberts was armed with semi-automatic rifle he stole earlier in the day from someone he knew. witnesses say he fired between 20 and 60 shots the mall's food court,
says the group is a front for al-qaeda in iraq. chris? >> chris: thanks. >> you're welcome. >> chris: federal appeals court struck down the nation's last date wide been a on carrying concealed weapons. illinois now has 180 days to write a new law permitting people to carry guns for self-defense. unfortunately, no one armed or otherwise was able to stop a young man with an illegal gun from fatally shooting two people and himself at a suburban portland, oregon, shopping mall...
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it's allowed destructive terrorist movements like al qaeda to franchise themselves. it's intensified risks of cyber attacks, espionage and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. the potential catastrophe remains of a major terrorist attack on america and employing weapons of mass destruction. and if that happens, in addition to the lives lost, our expectations for economic growth and budget balancing could be set back by even a decade or more. having devoted considerable time to this problem, my experience is that there are no silver bullets. protecting the united states from weapons of mass destruction is a painstaking process that every day must employ our best technological, diplomatic and military tools. amidst all these security risks, we must maintain the competitiveness of the united states in the international community. we should see education, energy efficiency, access to global markets, the attraction of immigrant entrepreneurs, and other factors as national security issues. my own view is that the fundamentals of american society still offer us
it's allowed destructive terrorist movements like al qaeda to franchise themselves. it's intensified risks of cyber attacks, espionage and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. the potential catastrophe remains of a major terrorist attack on america and employing weapons of mass destruction. and if that happens, in addition to the lives lost, our expectations for economic growth and budget balancing could be set back by even a decade or more. having devoted considerable time to this...
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qaeda in iraq and we have designated them, al-nosra, a terrorist organization. we'll make clear to distinguish between those elements of the opposition --. jenna: joining us now, aaron david miller, former advisor to six secretaries of state. good to have you on set, face-to-face. >> a pleasure, jenna. jenna: what do you think about the decision and as well as the timing of the decision? >> having the president do it clearly elevates the stature. jenna: announcing the change? >> correct. had hillary clinton gone to the friends of syria meeting at marrakech she may have done it out there. but having the president do it here elevates the status and significance of it. president made a virtue out of a necessity. it was at least they could do in order to have coherent opposition outside the country. they may be able to funnel assistance to them. in in fact there is negotiation or transitional government this is certainly a place to start. however it is still a limited move because what counts as those inside the country that are doing the fighting, that are creating
qaeda in iraq and we have designated them, al-nosra, a terrorist organization. we'll make clear to distinguish between those elements of the opposition --. jenna: joining us now, aaron david miller, former advisor to six secretaries of state. good to have you on set, face-to-face. >> a pleasure, jenna. jenna: what do you think about the decision and as well as the timing of the decision? >> having the president do it clearly elevates the stature. jenna: announcing the change?...
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so did hamas and al qaeda, along with iran and other countries and the u.s. financial blacklist. all customers of a bank known well around the word. but given much less prominence in the announcement was a deferred prosecution agreement with hsbc, meaning there will be no prosecution of the bank or its top executives. despite more than a decade of dealing with criminals and terrorists. >> this is a very just, very real and very powerful result. >> you don't think the bank got off easy? >> no, and i don't think the bank thinks it got off easy. >> reporter: but with $38 billion in profits over just the last two years alone, hsbc can easily afford its $1.92 billion payment. >> this is a signal to other banks that if you do this kind of stuff, you'll get a parking ticket, you'll pay the fine and move on. >> reporter: since this summer, when executives ducked questions from abc news, lawyers argued that a successful prosecution of hsbc could have put the bank out of business in the u.s., costing lots of jobs and disrupting financial markets. u.s. officials apparently agreed and hsbc h
so did hamas and al qaeda, along with iran and other countries and the u.s. financial blacklist. all customers of a bank known well around the word. but given much less prominence in the announcement was a deferred prosecution agreement with hsbc, meaning there will be no prosecution of the bank or its top executives. despite more than a decade of dealing with criminals and terrorists. >> this is a very just, very real and very powerful result. >> you don't think the bank got off...
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qaeda as well. ambassador carson, anything you can do to bring me up to speed in terms of organizations like this, frankly the weight is based right now -- we have the same phenomenon spreading. >> is your chairman, three quick points on that. first of all, it is absolutely essential that all of the states in the region agree and commit themselves not to harbor or support or defend and not to provide equipment for sustenance for training two rebel groups operating against leaders of neighboring state. this is one of the problems that we face today with the m23. it is also a problem that we face with the allied democratic forces. >> this is incumbent upon all of us. incumbent upon every state in the area to do this. you get that, we could do have a lot of support from rebel groups. indeed, they have been operating eastern part against uganda. the government of the democratic republic of the congo needs to do everything it possibly can to not allow groups like this are operate out of them from their t
qaeda as well. ambassador carson, anything you can do to bring me up to speed in terms of organizations like this, frankly the weight is based right now -- we have the same phenomenon spreading. >> is your chairman, three quick points on that. first of all, it is absolutely essential that all of the states in the region agree and commit themselves not to harbor or support or defend and not to provide equipment for sustenance for training two rebel groups operating against leaders of...
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these are the first ones to do this since al qaeda targeted the american homeland. my hope would be that the united states, particularly in the context of today, cannot discuss these issues with the iranians purely as a technical agreement or disagreement on nuclear programs. the way the countries treat their citizens in the middle east, has entered the norm of the american conception of the middle east. that had not been the case in many times before. the case of libya and the prospective interventions in syria and a greater degree of support -- suddenly, the right to protect and how citizens are treated by their gyms have entered the political calculation of western countries about the middle east that had not been there before. i would guess that we will continue that advocacy and we should. we should continue sanctions about how iran treats its citizens and neighbors. that has to be considered and i think it would be difficult to do that in terms of the international coalition which i think will go away. that would be the challenge of a post-arms control treaty
these are the first ones to do this since al qaeda targeted the american homeland. my hope would be that the united states, particularly in the context of today, cannot discuss these issues with the iranians purely as a technical agreement or disagreement on nuclear programs. the way the countries treat their citizens in the middle east, has entered the norm of the american conception of the middle east. that had not been the case in many times before. the case of libya and the prospective...
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but secretary al qaeda recognized that in order to preserve the option of responding to -- secretary powell paid -- the problem was once al haig finally stimulated in 1981 a discussion with the president and the international security council about getting back negotiations and what our position was, cap weinberger was successful in getting the president to adopt the famous zero option, which all of us in the state department said was just not credible to our allies. why wasn't it credible? the russians had come and i can remember, but they have something like two or 300 deployed under to point to each one of the ss '20s had like eight or 900 warheads directed against europe. and our systems were down the road. we were going to begin deployment into 1993. so we asked ourselves how is it we can go to the russians and ask them to dismantle their systems so we don't have to deploy? and sure enough, well, immediately we were proven wrong. the peace movement in europe, initially endorsed the idea of zero option. thought it was a great idea. but then it kind of reality sunk in. that we did
but secretary al qaeda recognized that in order to preserve the option of responding to -- secretary powell paid -- the problem was once al haig finally stimulated in 1981 a discussion with the president and the international security council about getting back negotiations and what our position was, cap weinberger was successful in getting the president to adopt the famous zero option, which all of us in the state department said was just not credible to our allies. why wasn't it credible? the...
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it has been al qaeda's second in command when the previous number two man was killed by a u.s. drone. drivers are seeing tomorrsome r at the gas pumpsment fuel prices dropped $0.10 over the past three weeks. that's what the average costs for a gallon of regular $3.38. they have the loews prices in the country over 3 bucks a gallon. drivers in long island new york playing highest prices at 3.85. for all of your headlines go to foxnews.com. now back to "huckabee". death. now back to huckabee. >>> detroit is broke. detroit is in big stroubl. officials are figuring out what is the largest fan ever to bankruptcy. we kickoff the quotes of the week. >> after the election of jimmy carter the honorable andrew young he went to washington, d.c. and came back with basics. that's what you do. that's what you do. this is -- othere are people in overwhelming support of the reelection of this president. there ought to be a quid pro quo and you ought to exercise lied der ship on that. why not. >> let's be open about it. quid prouo. can i tell you why that is a little bit of a problem? in most s
it has been al qaeda's second in command when the previous number two man was killed by a u.s. drone. drivers are seeing tomorrsome r at the gas pumpsment fuel prices dropped $0.10 over the past three weeks. that's what the average costs for a gallon of regular $3.38. they have the loews prices in the country over 3 bucks a gallon. drivers in long island new york playing highest prices at 3.85. for all of your headlines go to foxnews.com. now back to "huckabee". death. now back to...